Cuff link



0. E. KOHL. CUFF LINK. APPLICATION FILED OCT 20, I921- n5 BY T 7 ATTORNEYS;

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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OSCAR E. KOHL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CUFF LINK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR E. KoHL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Links, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to cuff links and more particularly to the type formed from a single piece of flat stock bent to provide side members and a connecting member, an object of this inventionbeing to so form the connecting member that the latter will act as a support for the side members, so that the possibilities of distortion of the cuff button is reduced to a minimum. Another object of the invention is to produce a cuff button of the type mentioned which will be less liable to loss due to its slipping out of the openings in the cuff.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims,

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one side of the cuff button;

Figs. 2, 3 and a are different edge views of the cuff button;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5, Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 shows a plan view of the cuff button when positioned in a cuff; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view through a fragment of a cuff showing the cuff button in position.

The cuff button is formed from a single piece .of fiat'stock to provide side members 1 and a connector. The connector is of much less width than the side members and has a. central portion 2 situated with its length substantially at right angles to the planes of the side members and near the centers of said side members. The connector also has portions 3 on opposite'sides of the central portion 2 extending in parallel relation and abutting the opposed faces of the side members 2. The ends ofthe portions 3 connect by return bends 4 with the edges of the side members 1. 1

This arrangement permits the cuff button to interlock with the walls of the cuff open- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug; 22 1922. Application filed October 20, 1921. Serial No. 508,921. j 3

ing in such a manner that the. danger of loss to the button is reduced to a minimum. The connector has portions which abut the opposite faces of the side members [andserve to support these side members against any pivotal action about the bends as centers. 1

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1. A one piece cuff button formed from flat stock and comprising two. side members and a connector of less width than the side members, said connector having a central portion extending between the opposed faces of the side members at substantially the centers thereof and end portions abutting said faces and connecting with the side members through return bends, in the stock, the said end portions and return bends forming means for engaging the sides of the cuff opening to prevent turning of the button. i

2. A one piece cuff button formed from flat stock and comprising two parallel side members and .a connector of less width than the side members, said connector having a central portion extending between and at right angles to the opposed faces of the side members at substantially their centers, and end portions abutting said faces and connectingwith 'theside members through return bends in the stock, the said end POI? tions and return bends forming means for engaging the sides of the cuff opening to prevent turning of the button. r

3. A one piece cuff button comprising two side members and a connector of less width. than the side members, such connector being formed U-shape with its side arms abutting the opposed faces of the side members.

4. A one piece cuff button formed from flat stock and comprising two parallel side members and a U-shaped connector of less width than the side members, the central portion of the connector being at substantially the center of the side members with the side arms abutting the opposed faces of the side members and merging with the return bends in the edges thereof through stock.

osoA KOHL. 

